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Compressing files is the best way to chop off some size and facilitate the storage and transfer of said items. As nothing is without fault, these archives can become corrupted and inaccessible for various reasons. Once corrupted, a ZIP archive cannot be accessed anymore, so everything stored inside there is theoretically lost. Why theoretically? Because every problem has a solution, more or less, and the solution for restoring your files from damaged archives is to employ the use of SysInfoTools ZIP Repair Tool — a neat little app that can help you extract your precious data from within a broken ZIP archive.

Using this tool is far from being rocket science. In reality, the interface is built to carry you through the entire process, and by the time you figure out what's going on, the files are already safe.

How is that possible? Well, the UI's structure is based on small steps that instruct you on everything you have to do. Basically, you'll just have to read a piece of text, do exactly that, and move to the next panel. You won't even notice when you'll land on the final tab and obtain the much-needed data.

In case you've got more than one archive to salvage, the application won't hinder you. On the contrary, it will allow you to process as many ZIPs as you wish, the only condition being to check the Select multiple files option provided in the first pane.

The second step lets you choose the recovery mode, which can be Standard or Advanced. That should be enough for most recovery attempts, but if that doesn't cut it, go back and try with the Advanced one, as that's said to be more capable of dealing with highly-corrupted archives.

ZIP Repair Tool is not a bad app to have around, especially if you are constantly dealing with ZIP archives. Moreover, the app is very intuitive UI-wise as well as from an operational standpoint, so if a corrupt archive gives you a hard time, this tool won't add to that discomfort.